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An English Tradition?

- The History and Significance of Fair Play
Af: Jonathan Duke-Evans Engelsk Hardback

An English Tradition?

- The History and Significance of Fair Play
Af: Jonathan Duke-Evans Engelsk Hardback
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For hundreds of years English people have claimed that fair play is at the core of their national identity. Jonathan Duke-Evans looks at the history of fair play in Britain from earliest times to the present, asking whether it is in fact a British, or alternatively an English, characteristic at all - and if so, whether fair play still matters today?In An English Tradition?, Jonathan Duke-Evans explores the origins of the idea of fair play, tracing it back to the classical world and the Dark Ages, and finding its genesis deep within England''s social structure. Charting its early development through both the tales of chivalry and the stories of popular legend, the book shows how fair play manifested itself in literature, the law, the Christian religion, and the family. It examines the way in which fair play was conceived during the ages of slavery and empire, and it proposes a new account of the birth of modern sport in the encounter between age-old popular games and the Victorian cult of amateurism. Taking in the Scottish, Irish, and Welsh manifestations of fair play, Duke-Evans offers contrasts and comparisons from cultures all around the world, and suggests new perspectives on the relevance of fair play in the twenty-first century.
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For hundreds of years English people have claimed that fair play is at the core of their national identity. Jonathan Duke-Evans looks at the history of fair play in Britain from earliest times to the present, asking whether it is in fact a British, or alternatively an English, characteristic at all - and if so, whether fair play still matters today?In An English Tradition?, Jonathan Duke-Evans explores the origins of the idea of fair play, tracing it back to the classical world and the Dark Ages, and finding its genesis deep within England''s social structure. Charting its early development through both the tales of chivalry and the stories of popular legend, the book shows how fair play manifested itself in literature, the law, the Christian religion, and the family. It examines the way in which fair play was conceived during the ages of slavery and empire, and it proposes a new account of the birth of modern sport in the encounter between age-old popular games and the Victorian cult of amateurism. Taking in the Scottish, Irish, and Welsh manifestations of fair play, Duke-Evans offers contrasts and comparisons from cultures all around the world, and suggests new perspectives on the relevance of fair play in the twenty-first century.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 464
ISBN-13: 9780192859990
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 0192859994
Kategori: Social- & Kulturhistorie
Udg. Dato: 26 jan 2023
Længde: 42mm
Bredde: 165mm
Højde: 241mm
Forlag: Oxford University Press
Oplagsdato: 26 jan 2023
Forfatter(e): Jonathan Duke-Evans
Forfatter(e) Jonathan Duke-Evans

Kategori Social- & Kulturhistorie

ISBN-13 9780192859990

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 464

Udgave

Længde 42mm

Bredde 165mm

Højde 241mm

Udg. Dato 26 jan 2023

Oplagsdato 26 jan 2023

Forlag Oxford University Press